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Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Sunday afternoon warmly welcomed his visiting Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Athens, with an official dinner given in the latters honor at a well-known restaurant with a view to the southern side of the Acropolis.

Greece welcomes international tourists after months of lockdown Greece formally opened to visitors on Saturday, kicking off a summer season it hopes will resurrect its vital tourism industry battered by the coronavirus pandemic. Greece also opened its museums, including the Acropolis museum, home to renowned sculptures from Greek antiquity. As of Saturday, foreign tourists will be allowed in Greece if they have been vaccinated or can show negative Covid-19 test r...

Green light for studies to promote Plato Academy site in central Athens Wednesday, 14 April 2021 21:15 UPD:21:31 Members of the culture ministry-affiliated Central Archaeological Council (KAS) this week unanimously approved of studies submitted by the Athens municipality and its antiquities eforate for the promotion of the Plato Academy archaeological site. The goal, by the municipality and the central governments culture ministry, is to finally regenerate and better promote a currently downgr...

Greeks fly kites for Clean Monday holiday despite pandemic PETROS GIANNAKOURIS and GIOVANNA DELLORTO, Associated Press March 15, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 12 1of12People fly kites in Filopapou hill of Athens, on clean Monday, March 15, 2021. The coronavirus pandemic, which hit Cyprus, and Greece especially hard this winter, threatened to ground the kite-flying, an essential part of the celebration of Clean Monday, the first day of Lent.Petros Giannakouris/APShow MoreShow Less 2of12...

EPD Shares Photos of Vehicle Suspected of Multiple Trailer Thefts The Evansville Police Department is asking for your help locating the owner of a vehicle they know for sure was involved in the theft of a trailer from a local business over the weekend, and my possibly be tied to two other thefts over the past few weeks. EPD Public Information Officer, Sergeant Nick Winsett released the surveillance photos below to local media outlets late Tuesday morning. The photos were captured by cameras on ...

The iconic Acropolis in Athens is covered in snow for the first time in decades

A rare sight of the snow-covered Acropolis. Photo: © Stavros Petropoulos_Alaska For Onassis Foundation. Best known for its ancient architecture and balmy clime, the city of Athens, Greece is currently blanketed in inches of snow, with temperatures dipping into the negative digits. The city has not seen this much snow in a decade—and it’s all happening in the midst of another two-week lockdown. With schools closed, local children took to the streets for impromptu snowball fights while phot...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Heavy snowfall blanketed the Acropolis and other ancient...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Heavy snowfall blanketed the Acropolis and other ancient...

Thick snow covers Greece's capital Athens as a cold spell sweeps through the country, causing blackouts, disrupting travel and halting COVID-19 vaccinations.